The Union Government set up the
National Commission for Minorities (NCM) under the
National Commission for Minorities Act, 1992. Five
religious communities, viz;
Muslims, Christians, Sikhs, Buddhists
and Zoroastrians (Parsis) have
been notified as
minority communities by the Union Government.
Further vide notification detail 27th Jan 2014, Jains
have also been notified as minority community.

Andhra Pradesh , Assam , Bihar,
Chattisgarh, Delhi , Jharkhand, Karnataka, Maharashtra,
Madhya Pradesh, Manipur, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu,
Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal have also set
up State Minorities Commissions in their respective
States. Their offices are located in the State
capitals. The functions of these Commissions,
inter-alia, are to safeguard and protect the interests
of minorities provided in the Constitution and laws
enacted by Parliament and the State Legislatures.

Aggrieved persons belonging to the
minority communities may approach the concerned State
Minorities Commissions for redressal of their
grievances. They may also send their
representations, to the National Commission for
Minorities, after exhausting all remedies available to
them.